President of Morehouse School of Medicine Dr. John Maupin, Recipient of the Soledad O’Brien Freedom’s Voice Award and Humanitarian Malaak Compton-Rock, President and Founder of The Children’s Defense Fund Marian Wright Edelman, CNN anchor and special correspondent Soledad O’Brien and Ambassador Andrew Young in Atlanta.

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Recipient of the Soledad O’Brien Freedom’s Voice Award Malaak Compton-Rock and CNN anchor and special correspondent Soledad O’Brien at the Freedom’s Voice Award gala in Atlanta.

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Dr. Lovell Jones, director of the Center for Research on Minority Health; Jeff Reid, executive producer of Black in America 2; Cindy George, legal reporter for Houston Chronicle; CNN anchor T.J. Holmes and Judson Robinson, president and CEO of the Houston Area Urban League, at the Angelika Theater in Houston for an advanced screening of Black in America 2 on Thursday, June 18, 2009.

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Rev. Dr. William Lawson of Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church and CNN anchor T.J. Holmes at the Angelika Theater in Houston during a preview of Black in America 2.

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CNN Pentagon correspondent Chris Lawrence moderates a panel discussion at the Detroit screening of Black in America 2 on June 23, 2009. Panelists are (from l-to-r): Detroit Free Press writer Naomi Patton, President of the Detroit chapter of the NAACP The Rev. Dr. Wendell Anthony; Detroit Urban League President and CEO Charles Anderson; University of Michigan oncologist featured in the documentary Dr. Lisa Newman; CNN senior producer Michelle Rozsa and CNN assistant
general counsel and Diversity Council chair Johnita Due.

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Panelists engage in discussion after the Black in America 2 screening at the Charles H. Wright African-American museum in Detroit.

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